There are so many artificial intelligences that are evil: they try to kill their creator, or kill all humans, or take over the world, or all three. But some AIs do this with charisma and style, while others are complete dicks about it. Here’s a look at a dozen computers who must have had “be an asshole” near the… »4/04/13 2:51pm 4/04/13 2:51pm

The antique Thunderbird parked outside on my street right now will run, approximately, forever. Unlike my Honda Civic Hybrid, which will be in the scrapheap before my baby daughter hits college. Why? Because the gadgetization of cars is ruining them. »6/27/11 3:45pm 6/27/11 3:45pm

Just when you were worried a police officer with SCMODS was going to notice your 36 unpaid parking tickets, this officer from Windsor, Canada demonstrates what cops really do on their toughbooks. (H/T to Matt!)»3/02/11 4:30pm 3/02/11 4:30pm

Computers were pretty well accepted in the American mainstream by the late 1980s, but the designers that GM had making their ECU cases appear to have gone with the 1956-vintage E-13B font in order to enhance futuristic appeal.»7/18/10 7:00pm 7/18/10 7:00pm

Top Gear columnist Paul Horrell, writing for the BBC's news magazine, has penned a piece discussing the proliferation of technology in the modern automobile. He notes that computers are "changing our relationship with the open road." Hmm. Sounds familiar. »2/11/10 5:30pm 2/11/10 5:30pm

No aluminum anywhere in sight, but the two former partners making up the German-American hybrid look to be playing nicely together on the shteel side of the combo. The jilted lover and their big German ex announced today a success coming from a tag-team with the American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI). The threesome… »8/22/07 11:45am 8/22/07 11:45am

Clive Sinclair is largely famous for a line of groundbreaking and affordable personal computers packing as much as 48K of code crunching RAM. Sinclair also attempted to segue his success in computers into a personal transportation device known as the C5. Sales tanked, as the trike had about as much horsepower as a … »6/26/07 2:30pm 6/26/07 2:30pm